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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a searching out for [[persecution]] of persons accused of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft witchcraft]

*1: a searching out for [[persecution]] of persons accused of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft witchcraft]

*2: the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as [[political]] opponents) with unpopular views  

*2: the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as [[political]] opponents) with unpopular views  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''witch-hunt''' is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving [[moral]] [[panic]], mass hysteria and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching lynching], but in historical instances also legally [[sanctioned]] and involving official witchcraft [[trials]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Modern_period classical period of witchhunts] in Europe and North America falls into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_period Early Modern period] or about 1480 to 1750, spanning the upheavals of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Reformation] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War Thirty Years' War], resulting in an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 executions.

A '''witch-hunt''' is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving [[moral]] [[panic]], mass hysteria and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching lynching], but in historical instances also legally [[sanctioned]] and involving official witchcraft [[trials]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Modern_period classical period of witchhunts] in Europe and North America falls into the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_period Early Modern period] or about 1480 to 1750, spanning the upheavals of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Reformation] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War Thirty Years' War], resulting in an estimated 40,000 to 60,000 executions.

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Persecution]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Persecution '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Persecution]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Persecution '''''this link'''''].</center>

The last executions of people [[convicted]] as witches in Europe took place in the 18th century. In the Kingdom of Great Britain, witchcraft ceased to be an act punishable by [[law]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act_of_1735 Witchcraft Act of 1735]. In Germany, [[sorcery]] remained punishable by law into the late 18th century. Contemporary witch-hunts are reported from Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Papua New Guinea. Official legislation against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft witchcraft] is still found in Saudi Arabia and Cameroon.

The last executions of people [[convicted]] as witches in Europe took place in the 18th century. In the Kingdom of Great Britain, witchcraft ceased to be an act punishable by [[law]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act_of_1735 Witchcraft Act of 1735]. In Germany, [[sorcery]] remained punishable by law into the late 18th century. Contemporary witch-hunts are reported from Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Papua New Guinea. Official legislation against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft witchcraft] is still found in Saudi Arabia and Cameroon.

The term "witch-hunt" since the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930's 1930s] has also been in use as a [[metaphor]] to refer to [[moral]] [[panics]] in general (frantic [[persecution]] of [[perceived]] [[enemies]]). This usage is especially associated with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Red_Scare Second Red Scare] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950's 1950s] (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyist McCarthyist] persecution of [[communists]] in the United States).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt]

The term "witch-hunt" since the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930's 1930s] has also been in use as a [[metaphor]] to refer to [[moral]] [[panics]] in general (frantic [[persecution]] of [[perceived]] [[enemies]]). This usage is especially associated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Red_Scare Second Red Scare] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950's 1950s] (the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyist McCarthyist] persecution of [[communists]] in the United States).[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt]

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